Africa: Make the 'Beautiful Game' a Track to Greater Trade and Inclusion

The approach of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, beginning 20 November, again illustrates that football is the world's game - an example of how people from different cultures, backgrounds,… Read more »

South Africa: 'Kill the Boer' Song Not Hate Speech - South African News Briefs - August 25, 2022

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Africa: Africa Must Diversify Economically, Says UN Development Head

Africa must diversify economically and become more resilient to realise its full potential, the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said Thursday. Read more »

Africa: How Sweet Potato is Preventing the Global Wheat Crisis from Taking Root in Africa

Long before the Ukraine conflict began and sent wheat futures spiralling, scientists in Africa were experimenting with an alternative ingredient for baked goods: orange fleshed… Read more »

Uganda: Coffee Farmers Unhappy After World Body Exit

Uganda has assured its coffee farmers and exporters that their prized cash crop will still be in high demand in the international market despite the country pulling out from an… Read more »

Africa: Infrastructural Gaps and Lack of Financing for Transport Are Key to Success for AfCFTA

The critical need to invest in Africa’s transport and tourism sectors was the focus of a high-level meeting convened this week in Addis Ababa by the United Nations Economic… Read more »

Africa: How Trade Can Reverse the 'Colonial Model', Spur Growth and Reduce Poverty

"Africa imports excessively from the rest of the world, manufactures exceedingly too little and hence trades too little," Wamkele Meme,  who heads Africa's free-trade agency,… Read more »

Africa: The Promising Future Of Africa In The World Economy Under The AfCFTA

Speaking Notes by Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, at the Thunderbird School of Global Management Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Brings 10 Challenges That Hinders Africa's Path to Recovery

Africa faces 10 key governance challenges it must resolve in order for it to fully recover from the Covid-19 outbreak, according to this report by the Mo Ibrahim… Read more »

Africa: U.S.-Africa Trade Policy Faces Uncertain Future

U.S. trade policy toward Africa is facing a conundrum. Much has changed in the two decades since the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) set the framework for trade between… Read more »

Africa: Why Investing in Emerging Markets is a Win for Investors and African Companies

CEO of Development Partners International (DPI) Runa Alam talks about the history of Pan-African private equity, the potential for institutional capital to drive the… Read more »

West Africa: Factoring Offers an Alternative to Financing for SMEs - Central Bank of West African States

Factoring, which is a financial management technique allowing a company to liquidate its receivables and recover cash, can be an alternative and complementary solution to… Read more »

Africa: U.S. House Democrats Press Biden for TRIPS Patent Waiver to Boost Covid Vaccine Production

A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Biden calling for a waiver to allow other countries, many in poor regions of the world,… Read more »

Africa: U.S. President Biden Strikes New Tone in Relations With Africa

President Joe Biden has struck a new tone in U.S.-Africa relations, recording a video message which promotes a "shared vision" of more trade and investment, peace and security for… Read more »

Africa: Biden's Message Ahead of African Union Summit

The transcript of a message from President Biden to participants in the African Union Summit: Read more »

Africa: Former U.S. Officials Call on Biden to Back WTO Selection for Okonjo-Iweala

A cross-section of former senior U.S. government officials, including a Nobel Laureate, along with academicians and civil society leaders, have written to President Biden in… Read more »

Africa: Time for a Reset for U.S.-Africa Trade Relations

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is a Game Changer Read more »

Nigeria: Leading the World Trade Organization - The Case for Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala

The selection process for the leadership of the World Trade Organization in Geneva is down to two finalists. Both are women – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former minister… Read more »

Africa: Okonjo-Iweala Named One of Two Women Finalists to Lead the World Trade Organization

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala along with South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee are widely reported to have been selected as the finalists in the contest to lead the World Trade Organization… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Recovery Needs Informal Sector on Board

Like many countries across the globe, East Africa's governments are providing economic stimulus packages to lighten the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the bulk… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Young Rice Producers Combat Hunger Amid Poverty

On a mission to satisfy local demand for rice, the Mitiri Cooperative of Young Rice Producers are fighting for the eradication of hunger in Bagre, a rural community located in the… Read more »

Africa: Duty-Free Imports Sought by U.S. Apparel Makers Would Vitiate Africa Trade – Agoa Coalition Warns Congress

The following letter was sent by the Agoa Action Coalition to the chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade Earl Blumenauer (Democrat-Oregon), as well as the… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 to Cost Billions in African Exports

COVID-19 is having a profound impact on global trade and the businesses that drive it, says a new report by the International Trade Center (ITC). The report highlights the… Read more »

Africa: Keep Food Exports Flowing During Coronavirus Crisis, Says Trade Expert

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, we have seen countries restrict food exports in the fear that a global shortage may be imminent and would undermine their domestic food… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Future Is In Africa, With Africa - Ramaphosa Says After Buhari Visit

South Africa and Nigeria, Africa's two economic powerhouses, saw President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari meet during a state visit on October 3. Read more »